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Dianna is the user with most postcards sent from Macau, and she loves it when members decorate them, or fill them with stickers! :)

Here is what she had to say to our spotlight questions:

How did you come across Postcrossing? What got you hooked?

I became a postcard lover since my first trip abroad, I enjoy sending postcards to my friends and to myself. One day my friend Staci told me about postcrossing so I become a member. I am so glad about Postcrossings as it has enabled me to contact people who love postcards and to swap with people around the world. We are able to share our feeling and stories with each other. I just love it. Thanks to Postcrossing, I have collected so many beautiful postcards now and have made some good friends!

Do you have any other interesting hobbies?

Yes, I love world travel, hiking, coffee tasting, reading, movies, music, gardening, cooking, quilting and learning other languages.

Show and tell us about your favorite received postcard to date, and what makes it special.

Here are some of my favourites:

DiannaMacau's favourite postcards DiannaMacau's favourite postcards DiannaMacau's favourite postcards DiannaMacau's favourite postcards
Have you been surprised by any place that you have received a postcard from or sent a postcard to?

I received a card from North Korea. :-)

Have you met any other members in real life?

Yes, one member from Thailand and one from Macau so far.

What is it your favorite part of the Postcrossing process?

My favorite part is to receive postcards. I really enjoying reading and looking at each one that I get. I also enjoy looking for cards to send to others. I really try to find cards that people will like. Sometimes that can be a challenge.

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56 comments so far

Vagabond_Trader, United States of America

I love to decorate all my cards that I send out with stickers and magazine picture clippings and old stamps. I always use colored sharpies to write with, I even use an ink pad to color the back of the card to make a tie dye looking effect. Everyone loves them :)

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marica_t, United States of America

How fun! :) I'm slowly getting more into adding stickers and other fun things to the postcards I send - I know that I enjoy seeing the extra fun little things! :)

Fun spotlight, nice to meet you! :)

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maccharedbean, Malaysia

Nice spotlight,nice cards :)

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Lagmar, Ukraine

Wow! Amazing decoration of postcards! :) Such a nice idea to draw something on the back side :)

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avatar404, Hong Kong

macua stamp is quiet beautifull.
I like to see Macua postcrosser in spotlight.

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wildernesscat, Israel

Great cards, ... but doesn't the Postcrossing etiquette prohibit the publishing the backside of cards??

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DiannaMacau, Macao

Thanks to all the postcard lovers, I don't mind to swap cards with you if you are seriously :)) just send me your note !

Yes, wildermesscat, this is only for the interview

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Cheryll, Suriname

Hi Dianna, nice to see you here, we exchanged and i liked your own picture stamp :)

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lucymonty, United Kingdom

A card from North Korea! That must be very rare! Great interview :-D

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DiannaMacau, Macao

Yes, lucymonty, so far I only got one card from North Korea, hard to believe!

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DiannaMacau, Macao

Thank you CherryII, how are you . I remember that, nice to meet you here too.

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DiannaMacau, Macao

Hello Maleak. Thank you so much and nice to meet you here. I was lucky to be interview. Too bad that I got so many nice cards but I cannot send them all in. Let me know if you want a card from Macau. Take care!

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Trans_Niqabi, United States of America

Hi Dianna! I received one of your beautiful postcards with a lovely message not too long ago! So nice to see you in the "Spotlight"! Happy Postcrossing!

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idus, Germany

Interesting interview and postcards!:-)

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pefawm, Norway

Nice interview. Wish i good get a card from North Korea once.

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nugget, United States of America

Very special cards. Thanks for sharing!

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Staci, Macao

How wonderful dear Diana!
very impressed!

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DiannaMacau, Macao

Thank you Neil from USA, nice to meet you too and see you here. :)

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DiannaMacau, Macao

Dear Staci, Thank you again for letting me know this wonderful website. Thanks for all the postcards lover from the world. Thanks POSTCROSSING !

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mrsjones, United States of America

Thanks for sharing these. I'm envious of the North Korea card. That's one I don't have.

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lyndac, Canada

One of the first cards I received was from Diane. She sent me a great postcard of the New Bridge at Night. It really brought home how far the postcards were going to travel and how I would recieve them from different countries.

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DiannaMacau, Macao

I actually have two post card from North Korea, one was send by my boss when visited there

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DiannaMacau, Macao

Lynda, do you mean Diane from Macau? How nice!

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antintin, China

Finally, a Chinese person appears on this blog!
终于有一位中国人了!不容易啊!我泪流……

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DiannaMacau, Macao

中國人加油!!!

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antintin, China

咳咳,中国邮政的魔爪,是无处不在的…当然,您在澳门,大概可以幸免于难…

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eilai, Finland

I wonder, like Wildernesscat, that written side of cards were published against the etiquette. And I wonder that you others who have written comments to this presentation, have said nothing about this. Wouldn't you mind at all if your card was published like this? I would.

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DiannaMacau, Macao

Well, this interview is all about sharing. I was asked to send in some examples of my favorite postcards. Postcards are an open mail that everyone can read, even the postman and all people who touch the cards. I did not published something personal and against the website etiquette rules. I am not sure why you mind seeing some great examples that people have sent me. Isn't the idea to share with each other the whole idea? I will be very very Happy if somebody using my as an example.

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DiannaMacau, Macao

Antintin, 看來有人不爽了

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eskae, Canada

Lovely interview! It's nice to "get to know" some of your fellow Postcrssers in this way.

As for showing the backs of the cards, when you upload pictures of your cards, it is stated very clearly that addresses are not to be shown. No addresses are showing in the cards DiannaMacau used in the interview.

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IvanWong, Hong Kong

多謝你嘅分享吖 :)
收到北韓嘅明信片實係開心啦!
In my opinion,it is not a problem to show the postcard cause the address parts has been blanked it.
Thank you for the sharing!
Macao is very good as I've travelled Macao once although HK is so near Macao :)

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lyndac, Canada

Yes Diana - I checked that card was from you. I loved getting one from so far away. It was the 6th card I received as a postcrosser.

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lyndac, Canada

Sorry Dianna I keep spelling your name wrong.

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DiannaMacau, Macao

Dear Eskae,

Thank you for your support Eskae, that's right, I am sure the postcrossing knows what they are doing ! And thank you for sharling your feelings too.

Happy Postcrossing !

Dianna

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DiannaMacau, Macao

Dear Ivan,

Thank you for your support and sharing your feeling here. The stamps from North Korea is very special. You should visit Macau more, we are only one hour by jetfoil.

Have a nice weekend. 歡迎來澳門玩

Dianna

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DiannaMacau, Macao

Hello Devonwrecked,
Thank you so much ! You can not image how happy I was when received each card everyday and how much I was into it. It upsads me a little when someone do not understand. But it will not able to stop my hobbie and sharing my happiness with my friends around the world.

Enjoy Postcrossing

Dianna

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isagv, Germany

Great interview! :)

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ipuenktchen, Iran

hi, dianna, your favorite postcards are so great!! lucky you!!! but I will not be unappreciative, in my nearly 7 years of postcrossing I got a lot of cute cards, too!!!!! *smile*
happy postcrossing, ipue....

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motherbrando, United States of America

since the one with dragon flies is the one I sent, i was please to see you still treasure it. I don't mind the backside is showing.good interview!

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DiannaMacau, Macao

Hi Motherbrando,
Thanks for the nice card you send me before. Nice to see you here.

Have a nice day.
Dianna

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Luziaceleste, Brazil

As a matter of fact, backside interaction of postcrossers can make a lot of difference!
Thanks, Dianna, for sharing your feelings.

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WY, Taiwan

Hello Dianna
I've enjoyed reading the interesting interview. It's also my honor to see my postcard can be selected as your favorite one. I indeed cherish our friendship. I also admire that you're a true Postcrosser.
Support & greetings from Taiwan
Wei Yi

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DiannaMacau, Macao

Hello Luzia, you are right, many of the card that I received has a very creative drawing and beautiful writing on the back, I just love it. Thanks !

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DiannaMacau, Macao

Dear Wei Yi, thank you very much for your support ! I care so much about our friendship, many people will not believe that was began from a postcard : ) Again I really learn so much from you and friends that I make from Postcrossing, I rather spend time on this than shopping. 感謝您韋毅,我臺灣的摯友,自收到您第一張難忘的明信片起,每一個訊息和來函都帶著您的祝福,每一張片我讓我如親臨臺灣,體驗當地民眾的生活和習慣,願我們的友誼長存
Dianna

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wordsmither, United States of America

What a lovely interview! So full of heart!

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DiannaMacau, Macao

Yes, Wordsmither, full of heart and full of fun, I am loving it. Thanks ! Dianna

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DiannaMacau, Macao

曹陽你好!

謝謝你的留言,不知你想要甚麼明信片呢?我可以寄一些給你;

請你回郵說的清楚些

Dianna

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cardcrossing, China

Dianna is very friendly ,we have been recognized by sending postcards for five years. we have some common interests,I regards her as my sister and my best friend.In the past five years, I received and witnessed her postcard travelling, and I witness her becomes the first postcrosser in Macau. As she said,I also hope I can print my postcard book one day:) Here, I want to say,Congratulate to you on PC spotlight, I am always proud of you:).Support & greetings from Zhao,best wishes:)

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DiannaMacau, Macao

Thanks a lot Zhao ! You are my first postcrossing friend from China, it's hard to believe it's already 5 years ! time pass by and you still here to support me ! I am very Happy ! 謝謝你小趙, 我第一位透過這個網站認識的片友, 也感謝你一直默默支持和與我分享你的生活點滴和成長故事, 祝你走遍世界的願望早日成真 ! Dianna

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zhan, China

I met Dianna in the last few days of 2009,one of my first penpals met online~Since then we have communicated a lot,She is a enthusiastic friend,always give me much help,and sharea a lot of stories with me,too:)I'm very glad that I can see my friend,for me it's also a great honor:)Hope you will have fun both in postcrossing & life:)

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zhan, China

看来不止有一人反感中国邮政了。。。

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DiannaMacau, Macao

Hi Zhan, Thanks my little friend ! 郵政不到家確實是讓人失望啊
Have a happy summer !

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bodrumlu, Türkiye

so interesting and amazing spotlight! it was a pleasure to meet you :)

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DiannaMacau, Macao

Thank you bodrumlu! Ni Hao! Nice to meet you too! Thanks / Che Che ! Diannamacau

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autumnmaple, United States of America

Lovely interview. I thought it was interesting that several commenters expressed concern about the backside being shown. Like Dianna, I assumed it was just for the address. My postman has actually told me, "I love post cards. I know I am not supposed to read them, but I do. They make my day."

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DiannaMacau, Macao

Yes right autummaple, the postcard really make us happy and make many prople smile. Thanks you !

Dianna

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